Ryobi CAD1402VK: Discontinued — What to Buy Instead
A 14.4V right angle drill. The tool is gone and so is the battery class, but the job it did still needs solving.
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The CAD1402VK was a 14.4V right angle drill: the head turned through 90 degrees so the chuck could reach between studs, inside cabinets and under sinks where a conventional drill body will not fit.
It is discontinued, and Ryobi’s 14.4V battery class went with it when the range consolidated onto 18V ONE+.
The job has three current answers
A dedicated right angle drill. Still the best tool if you do this regularly — running cable or pipe between joists is the classic case. Ryobi sells one on the ONE+ platform.
A right angle attachment. A short adapter that chucks into any drill and turns the drive through 90 degrees. Far cheaper, and the head is smaller than any dedicated tool’s, so it gets into places a purpose-built drill cannot. It loses torque and it flexes under load.
A compact impact driver. Modern brushless drivers are short enough that they solve many of the access problems people used to buy right angle drills for, and a stubby bit holder shortens them further.
What to buy
If your work genuinely needs it, buy the current ONE+ right angle drill and keep your batteries.
For occasional access problems, the Ryobi ONE+ HP brushless drill kit, linked below, plus a right angle attachment costs less than a dedicated tool and covers more situations.